Curly hair is the hair of muses. The wild tresses have inspired, or at least adorned, countless paintings and photographs.

When I imagine brave heroines throughout history, I imagine them with thick, romantically curly hair creating an aura of greatness around them.

Despite complaints from friends who have such hair about the painful hours it takes to maintain, I have always wanted this hair. Instead, I struggle through trying to add volume to my fine strands, dyeing (hair dye swells hair shafts), cutting in short layers and pumping in tons of sprays and products.

I started in the morning post-shower with wet hair, waiting a few minutes for it to start to air dry. When still damp, I sprayed the Sea Spray several times while scrunching it in. It definitely smelled beachy — a lovely, light coconut/suntan oil fragrance that faded and didn't compete with perfume.

As it dried it was clear it needed more help with my fine hair, so I added a finger-scoop of Texture Taffy — a sticky, goopy mud that I spread onto the palms of my hands and worked into the hair by scrunching. It looks white when it first lands on the hair, but keep working it until it blends in and disappears.

The combo worked.

The products dried and I still had the same, scrunchy waves and curls. By the end of the day, the curls were mostly soft waves, so the next morning I added a quick spritz of hairspray after scrunching, and that held it through the day — even on a super-humid day.

Latest obsession: I am crushing so hard right now on every lovely fall wreath I see adorning a door. From supersimple and chic monochromatic wreaths to fun examples bursting with fall color, they bring such a festive and seasonal air to entryways.

Do you have a great fall wreath on your door? Email me the details with your name and daytime phone number, and be sure to include pictures!